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a person who wields power and influence
a shaker of traditional beliefs
movers and shakers in the business world
How To Use mover and shaker In A Sentence
- Don't believe the old saw that you can't be out and still be a mover and shaker in Hollywood.
- The 24-year-old CBS sudser, set against the world of haute couture, just won its third best soap Emmy in a row but, let's face it, the show has never been a mover and shaker when it comes to style. The Bold and the Beautiful Gets a Fashion Makeover
- Perhaps, most important to me as an economist, the West was not only the builder but also the most skillful mover and shaker in today's international institutions.
- Which is funny, because I'm not exactly what you'd call a mover and shaker in the music world. Green Man Music Festival
- Always known as a mover and shaker, the official start of Burke's rebuilding efforts could come at the March 4 trade deadline. Q&A: Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke
- It will also be used by AI as proof that they're actually a mover and shaker in the world, instead of a glorified coffee shop where the beatniks can hang out and complain about everything under the sun.
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 - As a high-flying Republican lobbyist, Jack Abramoff has long been known as a mover and shaker in Washington. Greenspan's Parting Shot
- With "You Are Where You Live," now you can discover what your pigeonhole is called -- just enter your ZIP code and the service will cough up your most likely demographic info (I'm either a Successful Single, a Mover And Shaker, a Mid-Life Success, a Great Beginning or an Urban Up And Comer). Boing Boing: August 19, 2001 - August 25, 2001 Archives
- The show, which is billed as a "rediscovery" of Johnson's music, follows a 1930s Harlem mover and shaker named George, who befriends a stranger who may not be what she seems. A Harlem Hero Gets a Tune-Up